Environment

Vendors who participated in the melaLabournetJP Nagar II PhaseTel: 44504450, 9448395258Email: rajesh[at]labournet[dot]in, aditya[at]labournet[dot]inGreat Bear PromotionHennur Road, Kalyan NagarTel: 25431414, 9243101670Email: gbpcti[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]inFarmland SystemsJayanagar 7th BlockCell: 9448076595Email: farmlandrhs[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]inHoneywell Rain Water HarvestingGanganagarCell: 9945331381Email: honeywell[dot]rwhs[at]gmail[dot]comRainbow Rain Water HarvestingMattikereTel: 66379585, 9844055050EcoserveYelahanka New townCell: 9341325216, 9379538366FramelinesKengeriCell: 9880659675Email: tomlalthomas[at]hotmail[dot]comSwaraj FoundationAmrutnagarTel: 23622938Email: swarajfoundation[at]gmail[dot]comGreen TechnologiesBanashankari III StageTel: 26696905, 9448571861Email: greentech[at]gmail[dot]comBaduku CollegeSeshadripuramTel: 23468113/114, 9449359156Email: samvada[at]gmail[dot]comRainwater Concepts Pvt LtdSahakarnagarCell: 9448379497Email: rainwatermasagi2000[at]yahoo[dot]co[dot]inTechnology Informatics Design Endeavour (TIDE)MalleshwaramTel: 23315656, 9448491501Email: info[at]tide-india[dot]orgHinren Technologies Pvt Ltd.JP Nagar II PhaseTel: 66815120BWSSB Helpdesk numbers23341652, 23348848, 23348849 Note: Listing in this box does not constitute a recommendation by Citizen Matters in favour of any of these vendors. Please make…

Initiatives around Bengaluru spark some hope that progress can be made to cut down the city's carbon footprint. Bengaluru estimated to emit around 6.36 million metric tonnes of Carbon dioxide. In 2008, the South Asia chapter of the International Council for Local Environmental Initiatives (ICLEI) came out with Carbon emission profiles for 54 cities in the region. Bangalore was one of the cities studied. ICLEI estimated that Bengaluru was emitting around 6.36 million teCO2 (metric tonnes of Carbon dioxide and equivalents) during the study period of 2007-2008. (This was the only published study Citizen Matters has found on carbon emissions…

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A lot of heated debates at the recently concluded Copenhagen Climate Meet 2009 threw up more questions than answers. Though many argued over India's position in the debate, little is known of how its rapidly growing cities are contributing to global warming. Speaking locally, how much does Bangalore, teeming with a six-million-plus, contribute to India's total carbon emissions? How does it hold itself accountable to the mess our planet is in and how does it plan to help clean it up? The answer is systematic assessment of its emissions. As with much of the climate change topic, here it becomes…

Batti Bandh Bengaluru, scheduled for February 13th 2010, will call on Bangaloreans to switch off all their electrical appliances for one hour, from 7 to 8PM, and in doing so, 'unplug' not just for the day but also through their lifestyles in the fight against climate change.Batti Bandh Bengaluru is part of an annual nationwide series of events that was started in 2007 by Keith Menon in Mumbai. The build-up to Batti Bandh Bengaluru will include programs such as flash plays, flash performances of music and singing, flash performances of dance, hula hooping, djembe performances, posters in schools and colleges,…

“The Lost Lakes of Bangalore” is a project to document Bengaluru’s many tanks and lakes. The organisers are Arghyam, a non-profit foundation that works towards wise water management. They run the India Water Portal, an online resource base on all water issues in India. A special website  has been set up for the purpose of this contest and to mark World Water Day. Entries must be submitted by March 15th as a CD with the movie in a standard file format, sent to India Water Portal Lost Lakes Contest599 12th Main Road, HAL 2nd Stage, IndiranagarPhone: 080-41698941/42 The contest is…

Close to 500 employees from companies within the Salarpuria Softzone campus including National Instruments, Airvana Akamai, SonicWall and so on were treated to a collection of bikes from Track & Trail and SportsXS on January 22nd.It was the first of the cycling workshops conducted by Bangalore Bikers Club (BBC) in 2010. The workshop also provided a platform for existing bikers within the campus to know each other and may be start group commutes and ask for cyclist friendly facilities within the campus. Pic credit: Krish. Personal cycles from members of BBC were displayed for participants to check out. It was…

Dhanvantari Park in JP Nagar II phase has been in the news recently. The move to install an idol of Dhanvantari, regarded as the god of Ayurveda and a shelter for the same, has become a controversy. Some residents including Kannada litterateur K Marulasiddappa were concerned that a shrine was getting built in a public space, in violation of rules, as per a report in The Hindu, dated December 5th. Work stalled at Dhanvantari park. Pic: Sangeetha Ramakrishnan. “Dhanwantari Park is not connected to any caste or religion. The idol of Dhanwanthari has been donated by the Bank of Baroda,…

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The Butterfly Park in Bannerghatta National Park is a three dome structure that can be seen on the return path of the zoological reserve's safari rides, which is how I first came to know of its existence. Established more than three years back, it's one of the butterfly conservatories in the country. The park opens to a neat stone pathway, greenery all around, with the chirping of birds and the distant trumpeting of elephants providing a background while walking up to the butterfly conservatory. That's when it seems like you've stepped into a bubble out of this world. Common Mormon…